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McElderry wins X Factor crown (AFP)
Blair Iraq war admission sparks fresh outrage (AFP)
Palace: William not groomed to be 'shadow king' (AP)
PM Gordon Brown smooths British-Afghan relations (AP)
Saddam's lawyers seek Blair prosecution over war (AFP)
Brown in Afghanistan, seeks to fix rift with Karzai (Reuters)
Blair will give Iraq war evidence in public: inquiry (AFP)
'Whack A Banker' game proving a hit in Britain (AFP)
Top banker admits 'mistakes' on bonuses (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 02:46 PM PST

AFP - Cherubic teenager Joe McElderry was crowned the X Factor winner late Sunday and handed a one-million-pound recording deal.

Blair Iraq war admission sparks fresh outrage (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 07:32 AM PST

AFP - Tony Blair's admission that Britain would have backed the Iraq war even if he knew it did not have weapons of mass destruction sparked outrage Sunday and calls for his prosecution for war crimes.

Palace: William not groomed to be 'shadow king' (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 06:54 AM PST

AP - Buckingham Palace has denied a newspaper report that the queen is passing more of her duties to her grandson, Prince William.

PM Gordon Brown smooths British-Afghan relations (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 06:42 AM PST

AP - Britain's prime minister worked Sunday to smooth relations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and renew Britain's commitment to the war despite its unpopularity back home.

Saddam's lawyers seek Blair prosecution over war (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 02:09 AM PST

AFP - Lawyers for the overthrown Iraqi leadership have asked England's attorney general for consent to prosecute Tony Blair, claiming a new interview revealed offences contrary to the Geneva Conventions.

Brown in Afghanistan, seeks to fix rift with Karzai (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 01:41 AM PST

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met at an Afghan air base on Sunday, aiming to fix a relationship that has grown bitter as the Afghan war grows deadlier and more unpopular.

Blair will give Iraq war evidence in public: inquiry (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 10:24 PM PST

AFP - The Iraq war inquiry said Sunday that former prime minister Tony Blair would be questioned "very much in public" amid fears that crucial evidence would only be heard in private.

'Whack A Banker' game proving a hit in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 09:42 PM PST

AFP - A new "Whack A Banker" amusement arcade game is proving so popular in Britain that the mallets used to clobber them are wearing out fast, its creator said.